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Chapter 3:
- Relative cost = opportunity cost
- International trading ratio (ITR) wheat/cloth: 2/3 ~ 2
Ex: ITRw/c = 1.5
If US exchange wheat for cloth with the ITR of 1.6, it means US can exchange 1 unit wheat
for 1.5 unit cloth
US export 10 ton wheat, import 16 ton cloth
ITRc/w: 1/2~ 3/2
ITRc/w = 1.2
US export 10 ton cloth, import 12 ton wheat
y = Qcloth
x = Qwheat
PPF: y = ax + b
Assignment 2: